For a shot of inspiration, designers this season looked much farther than their own backyards. So even whilst stuck in cubicle city, your look can globetrot with cross-cultural prints and patterns.
From blazers to floor-length skirts, showing your soft side has never been more appropriate.
With major film festivals underway, we hear Oscar whispering in our ear. Before we make room for awards season, let’s bid adieu to our favorite flicks of summer 2012.
A kebab joint crushes it with delectable eats, craft brews, late-night hours, and (yep) shuffleboard.
The kebab joint crushes it with delectable eats, craft brews, late-night hours, and (yep) shuffleboard. Order a sandwich or wrap and choose from dressings like Street Cart (garlic aioli, fried lavish chips), Mediterranean (hummus, kalamata olives, feta), and Zesty (pepperoncinis, zesty feta).
From charitable jewelry to ecofriendly maxidresses, the Cow Hollow boutique deals exclusively in items that support stellar causes.
From charitable jewelry to ecofriendly maxi dresses, the Cow Hollow boutique exclusively deals in items that support stellar causes.
Spend your holiday weekend nibbling away at four new eating and drinking haunts.
Stock up on pop-colored potting shed tools, customized picnic tables, and a host of other plucky gardening supplies.
A pisco punch from JBird’s mastermind will turn your Labor Day into Leisure Day in two sips flat.
A bit of Downtown hip on the Upper East Side. Duck into the speakeasy for dates (order the cocktail for two that’s served inside a pineapple), casual nights (go for the flaming punch), or whenever you have a hankering for bone marrow toast.
Ready or not, its time to dress for fall. Express your wanderlust with globally inspired looks, plan your wardrobe around a little black turtleneck, or show up to the office in printed pants. It’s the season to try something new.
There are certain post-baby details moms like to keep all to themselves. But without the occassional leak, we never would have discovered Milkalicious M2 loungewear.
August 30-September 2: Bumbershoot takes over Seattle Center. Plus, see a photography exhibit while you shop at Prism and Blues for Foods Fest supports local food charities.
Jim Romdall’s sleek cocktail spot features a room dedicated to ice and cocktail experiments with a window for passersby to witness the action.
A new retail and gallery space offering a highly edited mix of new clothes, high end vintage, design items, and natural found objects (rocks, gems, plants) and showing work by local artists.
August 30-September 3: Celebrate small-press publishers, partake in a dancing duel, feast on a sportsman-inspired meal, and revere the city’s architectural gems.
August 30-September 3: A mega foodie fest, a Tinseltown celebration at the Hollywood Bowl, an indie rock-a-thon, and studly firefighters for sale.
Get a full-on art experience at this gallery, where shows with live music, DJs, and specialty cocktails take place regularly.
August 30-September 3: Indulge in hearty cheesesteaks and a moonlight farm-to-table dinner. Plus, two hip musical acts you need to know now.
August 30-September 3: The fruits of Labor Day weekend include off-kilter performances at Chicago Fringe Festival, a garden sale at Jayson Home, the fall menu at Urban Union, and pies to go from Armitage Pizzeria. Plus, reserve your spot at West Town Tavern’s Fall Farm and Wine Dinner.
Pizza, calzones, and Caprese salad make up the compact menu at Lincoln Park’s no-frills carryout spot (there are a few chairs, but you’re better off taking your pie to go). No frills. Just good food.
If artisanal ice cream is the new cupcake, what to do with all those cute cupcake wrappers?
August 30-September 3: DIY home decor supplies, workout wares that pack a punch, a DailyCandy reader discount, and more good clean fun.
August 30-September 3: Bottom-feeders top our list, but there’s plenty of made-up music, booze-soaked cupcakes, indie pop, retro high school flicks, and unicycling to get you through the long weekend.
Get buzzed off booze-infused cupcakes. Twelve flavors rotate daily, but we raise a hearty cheers to the White Russian (Kahlúa, vodka, espresso cake) and Bee’s Knees (lemon, honey, gin, orange, bee pollen).
August 30-September 3: Sing along to Joni Mitchell tunes, party it up with Jay-Z, and go for one last summer picnic.
August 30-September 3: Start the weekend off with a block party; end it in bed. In between you can shop, eat sushi, and drink.
A sushi- and ceviche-hybrid restaurant with a new location in Miami Beach featuring eight ceviches, unique sushi rolls and Peruvian fare.
The American-style restaurant in One Bal Harbour Resort & Spa features breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a rockin’ happy hour.
August 30-September 3: Shop hard-to-find lines in a boutique straight from the Connecticut coast, booze it up Prohibition style at The Speakeasy Cocktail Festival, see what happens when three creatives collaborate for an art exhibit, and erase years from your face.
A boutique that looks as if it were plucked straight from the Connecticut coast with lines you love like Rebecca Taylor and Mother Denim, newbies to the South (Emerson Fry, Demy Lee), plus one-of-a-kind accessories and vintage designer handbags.
Gallery owner Denise Leitch Jackson represents and welcomes exhibits by local, up-and-coming artists and hosts events in her lofty, two-story space.
August 30-September 2: Hotfoot it to Canada’s signature cobbler, sidle up to the world’s largest crab cake (fingers crossed), and moonwalk to a happy hour inspired by the King of Pop — just don’t forget to drop your drawers.
Long popular with musicians from Alice Cooper to Madonna, Canada’s favorite cobbler, John Fluevog, sells soles for men and women in Georgetown. His organically shaped heels, wedges, boots, and loafers come in leather and, increasingly, a vegan-friendly tapestry.
Superfoods like steel-cut oatmeal, quinoa, kale, chickpeas, spinach, and avocado loom large on the protein-packed grab-and-go menu. Rev up smoothies with aloe, flax, and chia seeds.
August 30-September 3: Stay in town for French cottage decor, new-look cheese pairings, a cocktail-tinged cleanse, and a full moon meditation.
Design blogger Amy Chalmers brings French cottage to SoWa with flea market dressers, settees, and chandeliers she’s refinished herself. DIYers can get their shabby-chic on with Annie Sloane chalk paint.
Potty training takes patience. (Understatement alert.) When you’ve hit your wit’s end, push play to urge your little prince or princess to the porcelain throne.
A healthy new fro yo that’s poised to ice out the competition, the new low-fat, calorie/sugar/gluten-free treat has conscientious eaters puckering up for a taste of the sweet stuff.
We’re all aboard with Blake Kahan’s Scandinavian-influenced line of tableware and accessories.
Chicago’s got a new jewelry designer with a chic British accent — and baubles to match.
The surfer-turned-designer shows us around her light-filled Silver Lake house. You’ll want to drop what you’re doing and move to L.A. if you don’t already live there.
Take your fall commute above ground with new wheels from Bushwick’s latest bike and skate shop/casual art gallery.
The Bushwick shop and gallery from photographer, businessman, and former cabdriver Max Cohen sells local art and small-production bicycles and skateboards. Pick up city cruisers or customize a fixed-gear Sole with mix-and-match colored frames and wheels.
That hangover you’re nursing is no match for the brilliant Benedicts, crepes, and breakfast sammies at restaurants around the city.
Get rowdy or spend a quiet night with friends. We’ve got lots of great spots for blowing out your candles.
Request songs (anything from Elvis to Prince) and croon along with pianists on baby grands.
Brian McCracken and Dana Tough dish up elevated comfort fare like corned duck hash, grilled fennel sausage, and smoked king crab in their elegant Belltown space.
Savor pasta dishes and libations for lunch or dinner, then return to the Italian market/restaurant on Sunday for a sumptuous brunch.